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Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Dates
  
First race: 12 October 1964 (1964-10-12) Last race: 23 October 1964 (1964-10-23)

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece. With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1964 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled; these took place from 12 October to 23 October 1964 off the coast of Enoshima in Sagami Bay.

Contents

The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

At the IOC session in 1959, Japan stated that yachting would take place in the port of Yokohama, as was the plan for 1940. Later when it became clear that Yokohama was not suitable for the Olympic sailing regattad anymore it was decided that yachting events would be held off the coats of Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture on the bay of Sagami. To meet the requirement at Enoshima it was decided to build a large scale harbour at Enoshima for the 1964 Olympics. The construction of a yacht harbor on the island was started in May 1961 and finished in July 1964. The total construction cost were: US$6,027,778.

A total of three race areas were created in Sagami bay. The Japanese Sea Self-Defense Forces vessels supported the race management and specially the placements of the marks.

Continents

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Europe
  • Americas

    • Classes (equipment)

    = Male, = Female, = Open

    Sailing

  • Stop-watches, for attachment to the knee, for each participant in the yacht races were distributed.
  • A new Olympic trophy was introduced at the 1964 Summer Games (The Tokyo Trophy). It was the desire that this Trophy be awarded to those who display the highest qualities of sportsmanship. During the Tokyo Games, this new Trophy was awarded to the Flying Dutchman team of  Lars Käll and Stig Käll (SWE) who, according to the official IOC site:

    set an outstanding example of sportsmanship when they gave up their race to save the life of a fellow competitor. ( Ian Charles Winter (AUS))

  • This Olympic sailing regatta had a remarkable set of Olympic reserves like:  Rickard Sarby (SWE),  Jan Linge (NOR),  Valentin Mankin (URS) and  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN).

    • Sailors

    During the sailing regattas at the 1964 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

  • Royalties
  •  Prinz Bhanubanda Bira (THA), Prince of Thailand, in the Dragon
  •  HrH Crownprince Harald (NOR), future King of Norway, in the 5.5 Metre
  • In the Finn
  •  Hubert Raudaschl (AUT), Record holder of competing in the largest number of Olympic games and sailmaker
  • In the Flying Dutchman
  •  Keith Musto (GBR), Founder of Musto (company)
  •  Buddy Melges (USA), One of the most famous sailors ever
  •  Paul Henderson (CAN), Future ISAF president
  • In the Star
  •  Pelle Pettersson (SWE), Yacht designer and America's Cup skipper
  • In the Dragon
  •  Lowell North (USA), Founder of North Sails
  • In the 5.5 Metre
  •  Bill Northam (AUS), Chairman of Johnson & Johnson and Slazenger, in the 5.5 Metre
  •  John J. McNamara (author) (USA), Author and Banker, in the 5.5 Metre
  •  Robert Symonette (BAH), Future Speaker of the Bahamas "House of the Assembly", in the 5.5 Metre

    • References

    Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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